Chapter 241 Past Events

Liu Xiulian took a bite of food and put it into her mouth, but it tasted like chewing wax.

I am speechless.

She is 45 years old this year and is about to reach menopause, but she is being urged to give birth to a second child for her old man!

An Xingye and she were childhood sweethearts from the same hometown, four years older than her. The two had always had a good relationship and confirmed their relationship when she was in her teens.

However, she stopped studying after high school, while An Xingye finished college smoothly and met and married Qi Shulan during his postgraduate study.

Legally, she was indeed a mistress, but in fact, the person who came later was Qi Shulan.

In order to climb up the social ladder, An Xingye pretended to be single and madly pursued the daughter of a wealthy family. After succeeding, he cruelly abandoned her.

She was angry at the time and got married to a man from the same village.

However, after only half a year of hard times, Liu Xiulian came to her senses.

Why can the ungrateful man live a life of luxury in the city, while she can only stay in the countryside and live a hard life with a farmer?

You can climb up the social ladder, but you have to take her with you.

Fortunately, she was not in a hurry to have children after marriage, so she had no worries. So she divorced decisively and ran to Linbei City to find An Xingye.

At that time, he was already a live-in son-in-law of the Qi family, living in a villa, driving a luxury car, and having a very glorious life.

When faced with Liu Xiulian who came to him for help, he turned hostile and pretended not to know her.

Liu Xiulian had no choice but to threaten him that if he didn't help her settle down in the city, she would report the matter to his father-in-law, mother-in-law and wife.

Let them know that the gentle and kind man at home is actually a greedy and two-timing scoundrel.

For the sake of his family and future, An Xingye had to compromise and secretly rent a small house for Liu Xiulian with his own salary.

But he only paid money, did not show up, and did not give Liu Xiulian any chance to get close to him.

The turning point came in the second year after Annan was born.

When An Xingye graduated from school, he followed his father-in-law's instructions and started from the bottom of the company.

He said that only by going deep into the grassroots level can one hone oneself, but his wife Qi Shulan became the general manager as soon as she joined the company.

His colleagues respected him on the surface, but in reality they had been mocking him, openly or secretly, for being a gigolo.

Not only is he suppressed by his father-in-law at the company, but he also has to call his wife "leader" when he sees her, which greatly hurts his self-esteem as a man.

It's even more tiring when I get home, as I have to play the role of a considerate and gentle husband and son-in-law all the time.

Even during the Chinese New Year, he has to stay with his parents-in-law. He cannot take his wife and children back to his hometown to be with his parents like other men do.

Only on the third day of the New Year can I go back to my hometown to visit relatives.

There was no shortage of gossip from relatives and neighbors.

In order to save face, he wanted to find some spare time jobs for his relatives in his hometown in the company, but his father-in-law decisively rejected his idea.

In short, as time went by, An Xingye felt more and more that his marriage was a failure and depressing.

Although he has endless money, he has no dignity as a man.

Liu Xiulian saw the opportunity and took advantage of it.

A rich girl would not humble herself, but Liu Xiulian would.

She tenderly and gently became An Xingye's confidant, providing him with emotional value and allowing him to experience the power and majesty of the head of the family.

Soon, An Xingye fell into her gentle embrace.

After Liu Xiulian successfully gave birth to An Xiaobei, the two were tied tightly together.

She no longer had to worry about being abandoned by An Xingye. After all, An Xiaobei's existence was enough to prove his infidelity in the marriage.

Many years passed like this, until Qi Shulan passed away, and she finally became a wealthy lady in the true sense of the word.

But unexpectedly, a natural disaster struck suddenly.

She could have used her money to travel around the world and live a carefree life, but now she is trapped in this luxurious villa.

That’s not all, they are also urged to give birth to sons to carry on the family line.

An Xingye is a very traditional man. Even though he has studied for so many years and received so much education, he still firmly believes that his life will only be complete if he has a son.

However, in front of Qi Shulan, he always acted like a little cat, saying over and over again: "My wife's health and wishes come first."

But when he turned to Liu Xiulian, he said, "I am the only son in our family and I must carry on the family line."

Liu Xiulian knew that she was not like other rich girls who could choose not to have children if they wanted to.

For her, she and her daughter both relied on An Xingye, so his will was naturally irrefutable.

And having more children is indeed beneficial to her. The more children she has, the more property she will get in the future.

Especially if she gave birth to a son, it would surely make her a noble mother - An Xingye would never treat his only son unfairly.

But despite Liu Xiulian's efforts, she still failed to give birth.

She had done in vitro fertilization and tried various high-tech methods, but she didn't even have a second daughter, let alone a son.

An Xingye refused to admit that his tadpole was dead and insisted on giving birth to a son.

It takes so many years of hard work.

It was not until the end of the world that Liu Xiulian finally gave up.

In this end times with a shortage of medical care and medicine, she is not crazy, so why should she become an elderly mother and carry on the family line for an old man?

But An Xingye never gave up and stared at her belly every day.

Liu Xiulian sighed, put down her chopsticks, stood up and walked upstairs.

An Xiaobei was eating while calling her, "Mom, don't you want to eat?"

Liu Xiulian: "No more eating. I'm going to give your grandma a massage. Eat by yourself. Clean up the bowl after you finish eating."

An Xiaobei said "Oh" and felt depressed.

After finally becoming a legitimate rich lady, her good days were over before she could even experience the joy of shopping.

There was limited food at home, and all the servants and security guards had been sent away by her father. Now the job of cleaning fell on her and her mother.

Cleaning such a big villa takes half of your life!

It would be better to live in the old neighborhood...

Liu Xiulian went up to the third floor and opened the door to the master bedroom.

Inside lay an old lady with a wrinkled face.

It was An Xingye's mother, Wang Limei.

Liu Xiulian took a deep breath and walked in: "Mom, I'm here."

Wang Limei looked at her unhappily: "Why did you come just now? What was that noise outside just now? Who set off firecrackers?"

Liu Xiulian walked over tenderly and sat beside the bed: "Mom, it wasn't firecrackers, it was gunshots."

The old lady sat up suddenly: "Gunshot?! What happened?"

Liu Xiulian simply explained the situation.

Wang Limei nodded and lay back down: "Tell Xiaobei to be careful and don't invite that dangerous person to the house."

Liu Xiulian hummed softly.

Wang Limei asked her to give her a massage while asking, "How's your stomach?"